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Snorkeler Matt Stoecker pauses before Elwha Dam in “DamNation

Film ‘DamNation’ takes broad view with Elwha River restoration; showing set Friday in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — The documentary “DamNation” opens with a birth: President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicating Hoover Dam. Then comes a rebirth: footage of Elwha Dam… Continue reading

Snorkeler Matt Stoecker pauses before Elwha Dam in “DamNation
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Thursday’s ‘Jingle Jazz’ concert in Port Angeles is all about emotion

PORT ANGELES — “Jingle Jazz” is beginning to look a lot like a love-fest. The songs on the Peninsula College Vocal Jazz Ensemble's agenda this… Continue reading

The Peninsula College Vocal Jazz Ensemble is
Jesse Joshua Watson will teach a free art class at the Port Angeles Library this Saturday. — Starre Smith

Artist to take ‘filters’ off with free drawing class Saturday in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Jesse Joshua Watson, author and illustrator of books including Hope for Haiti and the Bob Marley biography I and I, is one… Continue reading

Jesse Joshua Watson will teach a free art class at the Port Angeles Library this Saturday. — Starre Smith
The Peninsula College Vocal Jazz Ensemble is

Thursday’s ‘Jingle Jazz’ concert in Port Angeles is all about emotion

PORT ANGELES — “Jingle Jazz” is beginning to look a lot like a love-fest. The songs on the Peninsula College Vocal Jazz Ensemble's agenda this… Continue reading

The Peninsula College Vocal Jazz Ensemble is
Jessica and Mike Tade of Sequim look at a display of Klallam artifacts during their first public showing at the Elwha Heritage Center in Port Angeles. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Etched stones, other Tse-whit-zen artifacts on display for public at Klallam center in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — One thousand etched stones, once buried below the place that became Port Angeles, tell the story of the Klallam people. These stones,… Continue reading

Jessica and Mike Tade of Sequim look at a display of Klallam artifacts during their first public showing at the Elwha Heritage Center in Port Angeles. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Poetic Justice Theatre Ensemble to tackle topic of parenting in Port Townsend performance Tuesday

PORT TOWNSEND — “Parenting: The Great Balancing Act,” a combined theater performance and community dialogue, will arrive at the Port Townsend Community Center, 620 Lawrence… Continue reading

Jessica and Mike Tade of Sequim look at a display of Klallam artifacts during their first public showing at the Elwha Heritage Center in Port Angeles. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Etched stones, other Tse-whit-zen artifacts on display for public at Klallam center in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — One thousand etched stones, once buried below the place that became Port Angeles, tell the story of the Klallam people. These stones,… Continue reading

Jessica and Mike Tade of Sequim look at a display of Klallam artifacts during their first public showing at the Elwha Heritage Center in Port Angeles. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

WEEKEND: NorthWest Women’s Chorale to lift voices Sunday, Monday to celebrate holidays

For “Dancing Day: A Cycle of Traditional Christmas Carols,” Joy Lingerfelt and her choir were desperately seeking a harpist. So the NorthWest Women’s Chorale searched;… Continue reading

WEEKEND: Pair to perform in Coyle Concert in Woods this Sunday

COYLE — Folk and Americana songwriters Anna Tivel and Jeffrey Martin will pull into town for a show in the intimate space known as the… Continue reading

'The Nutcracker' to spin across Port Angeles stage starting Saturday

‘The Nutcracker’ to spin across Port Angeles stage starting Saturday

PORT ANGELES — This is “pretty difficult,” the teenager reports, but it is also brilliantly fun. So says Joie Darminio of Sequim, one of the… Continue reading

'The Nutcracker' to spin across Port Angeles stage starting Saturday

Operation Uplift to get boost from big party Saturday in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Downtown business owner Cayte Calloway, a fan of the Port Angeles-based cancer support organization Operation Uplift, is rounding up a small herd… Continue reading

Luke Saskowsky and Kennedy Cameron costar in “The Christmas Belles

WEEKEND ARTS BRIEFS: ‘Christmas Belles’ run wraps up in Port Angeles . . . and other events

NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, Dec. 5. PORT ANGELES — “The Christmas Belles,” the comedy at the Port Angeles Community Playhouse, has its… Continue reading

Luke Saskowsky and Kennedy Cameron costar in “The Christmas Belles

WEEKEND: Father-daughter performers to take audience on 1-night trip in Port Townsend on Saturday

PORT TOWNSEND — Joey Pipia, Port Townsend’s peripatetic magician and self-described “delusionist,” is about to retake the stage with something he calls HeadTrip: the Mind… Continue reading

Sadie Palatnick

WEEKEND: Key City Theatre presents new take on ‘Cinderella’ starting tonight in Port Townsend

NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, Dec. 5. PORT TOWNSEND — This story is not what you think, Cinderella says. The young woman, also… Continue reading

Sadie Palatnick

WEEKEND: NorthWest Women’s Chorale to lift voices Sunday, Monday to celebrate holidays

For “Dancing Day: A Cycle of Traditional Christmas Carols,” Joy Lingerfelt and her choir were desperately seeking a harpist. So the NorthWest Women’s Chorale searched;… Continue reading

WEEKEND: Pair to perform in Coyle Concert in Woods this Sunday

COYLE — Folk and Americana songwriters Anna Tivel and Jeffrey Martin will pull into town for a show in the intimate space known as the… Continue reading

WEEKEND: Peninsula musical forces join for performance Saturday in Chimacum

CHIMACUM — Two musical forces, the Peninsula Singers and the Port Townsend Community Orchestra, will reunite for a concert in the Chimacum High School auditorium,… Continue reading

Michael Kenney's jewelry awaits at Gallery 9

WEEKEND: Port Townsend Gallery Walk stirs together season, creation Saturday

NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, Dec. 5. PORT TOWNSEND — The alchemists and the Procrastinators are, at last, prepared. So is their art… Continue reading

Michael Kenney's jewelry awaits at Gallery 9
The Blue Crows — John Morton

WEEKEND: Port Townsend’s Boiler Room to host informal fundraiser Saturday night

PORT TOWNSEND — With the theme of “Keep the Love Alive,” the nonprofit Boiler Room coffee house will host an informal fundraising party with an… Continue reading

The Blue Crows — John Morton
Singer-songwriter Jasper Lepak appears tonight at Sequim's Art in the Library party.

WEEKEND: Sequim’s First Friday Art Walk to brighten season with golden theme

NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, Dec. 5. SEQUIM — The free tour of fresh art, replete with refreshments, live music and a luminous… Continue reading

Singer-songwriter Jasper Lepak appears tonight at Sequim's Art in the Library party.